Peter Worden
A Closer Look at Nunavut’s Notoriously High Murder Rate
Nunavut has the highest per-capita murder rate in the country, but statistics can be misleading. We examine what that number actually means.
A Volcano of Garbage in the Arctic Has Been Burning For Eight Weeks
The garbage dump in the tiny Canadian town of Iqaluit has been visibly on fire for two months — and has been burning all year.
A 'Dumpcano' in the Canadian Arctic Has Been Burning for Eight Weeks
It’s one of the worst examples of landfill operations in the Americas right now. The city of Iqaluit has been struggling to extinguish a fire in its local dump. The city has finally come up with a $2.2 million plan to extinguish it.